Organisation : Election Commission of India
Election Name : Biennial Elections to Bihar Legislative Council from 24 Local Authorities Constituencies 2022
Applicable State/UT : Bihar
Election Date : 04th April, 2022 (Monday)
Website : https://www.eci.gov.in/
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ECI Biennial Elections to Bihar Legislative Council
ECI Biennial Elections to Bihar Legislative Council from 24 Local Authorities Constituencies 2022.
List of Local Authorities Constituencies
1. The term of office of 24 members of Bihar Legislative Council from 24 Local Authorities’ Constituencies had expired as per details below:
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S.No. |
Name of Local Authorities Constituencies |
Name of member |
Date of Retirement |
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1. |
Patna | Rit Lal Ray
(Vacant w.e.f 11.11.2020 as sitting member is elected in Bihar Legislative Assembly) |
16.07.2021
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2. |
Nalanda | Reena Devi Alias Reena Yadav | |
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3. |
Gaya-cum-Jahanabad-cum-Arwal | Manorma Devi | |
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4. |
Aurangabad | Rajan Kumar Singh | |
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5. |
Nawada | Salman Raghib | |
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6. |
Bhojpur-cum-Buxar | Radhacharan Sah | |
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7. |
Rohtas-cum-Kaimur | Santosh Kumar Singh | |
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8. |
Saran | Sachchidanand Rai | |
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9. |
Siwan | Tun Ji Pandey | |
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10. |
Gopalganj | Aditya Narayan Pandey | |
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11. |
West Champaran | Rajesh Ram | |
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12. |
East Champaran | Rajesh Kumar @ Bablu Gupta | |
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13. |
Muzaffarpur | Dinesh Prasad Singh | |
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14. |
Vaishali | Subodh Kumar | |
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15. |
Sitamarhi-cum-Sheohar | Dilip Ray
(Vacant w.e.f 11.11.2020 as sitting member is elected in Bihar Legislative Assembly) |
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16. |
Darbhanga | Sunil Kumar Singh
(Vacant w.e.f 22.07.2020 due to death of sitting member) |
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17. |
Samastipur | Hari Narayan Chaudhary
(Vacant w.e.f 01.05.2021 due to death of sitting member) |
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18. |
Munger-cum-Jamui-cum-Lakhisarai-cum-Sheikhpura | Sanjay Prasad | |
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19. |
Begusarai-cum-Khagaria | Rajnish Kumar | |
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20. |
Saharsa-cum-Madhepura-cum-Supaul | Nutan Singh | |
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21. |
Bhagalpur-cum-Banka | Manoj Yadav
(Vacant w.e.f 11.11.2020 as sitting member is elected in Bihar Legislative Assembly) |
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22. |
Madhubani | Suman Kumar | |
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23. |
Purnea-cum-Araria-cum-Kishanganj | Dr. Dilip Kumar Jaiswal | |
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24. |
Katihar | Ashok Kumar Agrawal |
2. Biennial elections to fill up 24 seats could not be conducted by 16.07.2021 as the Constituent Local Bodies/Electors therein were not in existence at that time. The Commission vide letter dated 21.05.2021 had sought information regarding existence of constituent Local Bodies functioning and their percentage in the said Constituencies. The CEO, Bihar vide letter dated 27.05.2021 had informed that the term of all Rural Local Bodies which constitute 97.56% of total electoral college for said election was to expire on 15.06.2021 and accordingly, said election could not be held at that time.
3. Now, CEO, Bihar vide letter dated 27.12.2021 has submitted the updated status regarding percentage of Local Bodies functioning as well as percentage of electors therein in all 24 Local Authorities’ Constituencies. The Chief Electoral Officer, Bihar has informed that the percentage of Local Bodies functioning as well as the percentage of electors therein is more than 75%.
4. The term of office of the members to be elected to the Bihar Legislative Council from the said Local Authorities’ Constituencies shall be subject to the decision of the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India in SLP(C) No. 17123/2015 (Election Commission of India Vs Devesh Chandra Thakur & Others).
Bihar Biennial Election Schedule
The Commission having re-assessed Covid-19 pandemic situation in the State of Bihar and after taking into consideration all relevant facts, has now decided to conduct biennial election to the Bihar Legislative Council from above-mentioned 24 Local Authorities’ Constituencies in accordance with the following programme:-
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Events |
Days & Dates |
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1. |
Issue of Notification | 09th March, 2022 (Wednesday) | |
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2. |
Last date of making nominations | 16th March, 2022 (Wednesday) | |
| 3. | Scrutiny of nominations | 17th March, 2022 (Thursday) | |
| 4. | Last date for withdrawal of candidatures | 21st March, 2022 (Monday) | |
| 5. | Date of poll | 04th April, 2022 (Monday) | |
| 6. | Hours of poll | 08:00 am to 04:00 pm | |
| 7. | Counting of Votes | 07th April, 2022 (Thursday) | |
| 8. | Date before which election shall be completed | 11th April, 2022(Monday) | |
Covid-19 Election Guidelines
Broad Guidelines of Covid-19 as issued by ECI as well as subsequent guidelines relating to physical public meeting etc contained in ECI Press Note No. ECI/PN/20/2022 dated 12.02.2022 and Press Note No. ECI/PN/23/2022 dated 22.02.2022 respectively as well as further direction in the matter to be issued by the Commission, to be followed, wherever applicable, during entire election process for all persons.
The Model Code of Conduct concerning the said election will come into force with immediate effect in the concerned Constituency. The Chief Secretary, Bihar is being directed to depute a senior officer from the State to ensure that the extant instructions regarding COVID-19 containment measures are complied with while making arrangements for conducting the election.
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